HOME is not only a refuge and a sanctuary. It can also be a workshop for the creation of our identity.
~ from SPIRITUAL LITERACY by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A few old trees remain standing in the pasture that had been the schoolyard. In addition, five young evergreens now grow along a nearby fence row... They rise heavenward, quietly pointing to the Divine Grace that somehow enabled the community to forgive within hours of the violence.